Foundation, based on the books that inspired films such as Star Wars, will “chronicle the thousand-year saga of The Foundation, a band of exiles who discover that the only way to save the Galactic Empire from destruction is to defy it.”
The books originally formed a trilogy (which also includes Foundation and Empire and Second Foundation), but Asimov wound up completing seven Foundation books before his passing in 1992.
The pilot will mark Sanders’ TV directorial debut with Lee Pace (Halt and Catch Fire) and Emmy nominee Jared Harris (Chernobyl) attached to star.
Lee Pace and Jared Harris have signed on to portray the roles of Brother Day and Hari Seldon, respectively.